Ethiopia: Girls in ICT: ECA Professionals Inspire Ethiopian Girls to Break into Boys' Club

The Economic Commission for Africa on Thursday participated in the International Telecommunication Union’s Girls in information and communication technologies (ICT)… Read more »

Africa: Message From the Acting Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Eca) On International Women's Day - 8 March 2017

Dear Colleagues at ECA and the United Nations family, Read more »

Africa: African Governments Urged to Repeal Discriminatory Laws Against Women

The Africa Ministerial Pre-Consultative Meeting on the 61st Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 61st) on the theme "Women's economic empowerment in the changing world of work"… Read more »

Africa: IDEP Trains Policymakers in Gender-Responsive Economic Policy Formulation

Dakar, Senegal, December 15 (IDEP) - The African Institute for Economic Development and Planning recently organized a course for senior and mid-level African policymakers to equip… Read more »

Africa: ATPC and IDEP Launch New Training Program On Trade, Gender and Development

The first session of the course on Trade, Gender and Development took place in Dakar, Senegal from 31 October to 4 November 2016. Read more »

Africa: Gender Mainstreaming Into Development Interventions

Within the framework of accelerating the implementation of gender equality and equity as an essential basis for Development interventions, the ECA through its Sub-Regional Office… Read more »

Africa: Consultative Forum On Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment

The Consultative Forum on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment under the theme "The Role of Research Institutions and Universities in Harnessing the Potential of Agendas 2030… Read more »

Africa: Consultative Forum On Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment "The Role of Research Institutions and Universities in Harnessing the Potential of Agendas 2030 and 2063"

The Consultative Forum on Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment under the theme "The Role of Research Institutions and Universities in Harnessing the Potential of Agendas 2030… Read more »

Africa: Put Land in the Hands of Women for Economic Transformation - A Call for Policy Makers

On the eve of the Kigali 27th African Union Summit, Land Policy Initiative (LPI) - an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC), Economic Commission (ECA) and the African… Read more »

Africa: African Gender and Development Index (Agdi)

The African Center for Gender/Social Development Policy Division (SDPD) is organizing a methodology workshop for the fourth phase of the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI)… Read more »

Africa: ECA's Lopes Says More Still Needs to Be Done to Uplift African Women

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) will continue to work for the advancement of African women through various programmes specifically aiming to promote gender equality,… Read more »

Africa: Women's Rights to Land Must Be Strengthened - African Parliamentarians

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) participated in a workshop organized by the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) on the theme "Strengthening women's rights to land access: a… Read more »

Africa: Shedding Light On Women in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining At Mining Indaba 2016

The African Centre for Gender of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, has finalised a study on women and artisanal and small scale mining. Read more »

Niger: The Empowerment of Women At the Center of Discussions Between ECA and Niger

The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Government of Niger proceeded to launch the process of preparing the African Gender and Development Index (AGDI). Read more »

Africa: Committee On Gender and Social Development Meet for First Time

The Economic Commission for Africa's Committee on Gender and Social Development will meet for the first time in Addis Ababa from 17 -18 December 2015 to review the progress of… Read more »

Africa: Women, Rural Communities Most Affected By Human Exclusion

ECA- Lusaka 15 October 2015 - Women and rural communities have borne the most of human exclusion in southern Africa. This is according to African Social Development Index - ASDI… Read more »

Africa: African Parliaments Can Do More for Women to Achieve Agenda 2063

Delegates attending The Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments held on 6-7 August 2015, at the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa called on… Read more »

Africa: African Parliaments Can Do More for Women, Say Parliament Speakers

ECA - AU Delegates attending The Annual Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments held on 6-7 August 2015, at the Pan African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand, South Africa said… Read more »

Africa: Why We Need More African Women in Parliaments

An African woman has been married for 13 years and for every day of those 13 years she worked hard with her husband to cultivate a small piece of land he owned growing vegetables… Read more »

Africa: Experts to Review Study On Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Experts will gather in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 5-7 May 2015 to review research undertaken on women in artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa. Read more »

Africa: Africa's Women Must "Grow Beyond the Micro"

Women are tired of being put in the context of 'micro this' and 'micro that. This stark reminder of the resolve of delegates at the recently held Women in Parliaments Global Forum… Read more »

Africa: The LPI Gender Strategy - A Learning Tool for Empowering Women

The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) organized by the Land Policy Initiative (LPI) on 4 and 5 February 2015 in Entebbe, Uganda, was successful in reviewing and validating the Gender… Read more »

Africa: Experts to Validate the Gender Strategy for the Land Policy Initiative

The Land Policy Initiative (LPI) organizes on 4 and 5 February 2015, in Entebbe, Uganda, an Experts' Group Meeting (EGM) to revise and validate the draft Gender Strategy of the… Read more »

North Africa: Unequal Access to Funding Aggravates Rural Women's Vulnerability in North Africa

Rural poverty is the main feature of poverty in North Africa and prevails mostly among women. Though rural women are key to the survival and management of the household, accessing… Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs to Walk the Talk On Women Empowerment and Gender Equality

Africa has to come up with a more transformative framework, which will accelerate the desired change in the lives of women and girls, with a focus on investing in women's… Read more »